Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) comic books 1945

Cover art by Joe Doolin. "Curse of the Blood Madness," art by Ruben Moreira; Disgraced witch doctor N'gali uses his mind control drugs on Ann to prove to all the villages of the jungle that he controls great magic. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Wambi and Ogg trick a pack of savage gwahali dogs into falling into a cobra pit. Untitled story, art by Howard Larsen; A trio of female vampires stalk the jungle; Tabu uses his magic to transform them into jackals. "The Secret Continent" text story. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; Simba is captured and used by Darjil in a plot rigged to kill his cousin Kalo during Kalo's manhood ritual. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; A Tuareg tribe attacks the outpost and in single combat, Terry exposes their chief as a woman. Untitled story, art by Marcia Snyder; Treasure hunters steal a sacred elephant, hoping that it will lead them to a valuable jewel. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Joe Doolin. Cover pencils by George Tuska. After a domestic spat, Ann runs away and finds herself in a lost valley where prehistoric creatures survive to today; Kaänga and N'geeso follow and free her and a group of scientists from cavemen. Untitled story, pencils by Robert Webb; Wambi finds a new god for a tribe of pygmies that have elected to capture and worship Tawn. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; Simba prevents a rogue gorilla from abusing the gorilla's newly-stolen mate. Untitled story, art by Howard Larsen; A trio of ivory hunters wound an elephant in order to follow it to the elephants' graveyard; Tabu catches up to them and summons the ghosts of the dead elephants, who frighten the hunters into giving up their scheme. "There's Always a Chance in the Jungle" text story. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; Alana hires Keeto to kill Terry. Keeto enters the outpost on the pretext of becoming a lancer; After training with Terry, he finds he respects him too much to kill him. Untitled story, art by Marcia Snyder; A falling out among diamond hunters leads to violence. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Joe Doolin. "Fire-Birds for the Cliff-Dwellers," art by Ruben Moreira; Kaänga's arbitration of a dispute over an idol is not received well by the cliff people who steal the idol; They plan on sacrificing Ann to the idol; Kaänga and Dorna, a cliff people girl that he once saved, prepare fireworks that frighten the cliff people, allowing Kaänga to rescue Ann and retrieve the idol for the valley people. "The Serpent Prophecy," pencils by Robert Webb, inks by Matt Baker; After the death of Haj Abdu, Ko comes to believe that Wambi is the rightful heir to the village throne; He plots to kill Wambi on a lion hunt but Wambi is saved by the intervention of his jungle friends. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; Simba tricks his latest rival, Chonga the Cape buffalo, into falling into a tiger trap dug to capture Simba. Untitled story, art by Howard Larsen; An old hermit casts spells that shrink men and animals to a tiny size for his own amusement; Tabu restores the animals to their original size and they kill the hermit. "Who Leads the Pack May Be Its Prey" text story. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; Terry arranges to settle a land dispute by having the leaders race camels to decide who gets the lands. Untitled story, art by George Tuska; A group of bandits raids caravans in order to get slaves to build their fortress; Camilla manages to free the slaves and acquires a pet dog. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

"Valley of the Ju-Ju Idols," pencils by Ruben Moreira; A con man comes to the jungle and convinces the Tulans to give him whatever he asks for in order to have it sacrificed to their gods; Fearing Kaänga's interference, he orders the natives to bring him Ann whom he plans to kill. Untitled story; A local chief desires a rare antelope skin for his favorite dancing girl; His hunters poison the local salt lick, inadvertently killing many other animals besides antelopes; Wambi discovers the problem and corrects it. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; A tribal princess has been expelled from her village; Terry and Keeto return her to her home and punish the man who had her expelled. Untitled story, art by Howard Larsen; A young couple steal and idol and are pursued by a shape shifting witch until Tabu takes the idol and returns it to her. "The Drum That Thatcher Made" text story. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; Simba, at first tempted to eat a lost human child, becomes the child's protector until he can be returned to his parents. Untitled story, art by Marcia Snyder; Camilla prevents the theft of the giant gems that form the eyes of the M'kodas' idol. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Joe Doolin. "The Valley of the Seven Idols!", art by Ruben Moreira (as Rubi Moore); A hunter, follower of a blood cult, comes to the jungle and takes a fancy to Ann; When he kidnaps her, Kaänga attacks, liberating Ann, and killed the hunter. Untitled story, pencils by Robert Webb; Wambi prevents the sacrifice of a young woman by the Scorpion Killers and sees to it that their priest is himself killed by a scorpion. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; A group of bandits hope to lure Terry and the lancers into a trap, but Terry is ready for them and turns the tables. Untitled story, art by Howard Larsen; Tabu has a magic duel with Mubo the witch doctor, who is forcing his own people into slavery as diamond miners. "Leave Me Alone!" text story. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; A giraffe saves one of Simba's cubs from a snake, and, later, Simba returns the favor by saving the giraffe from native hunters. Untitled story, pencils by George Tuska; Camilla frees slaves and mis-treated elephants from a lumber camp. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Joe Doolin. "Fire-Birds from the Sky!", art by Ruben Moreira (as Rubi Moore); Bronson, an unscrupulous con man convinces the Tulagis that he commands the sky gods, using hot air balloons in his deception; Kaänga exposes him and watches him fall to his death. Untitled story, pencils by Robert Webb; A muezzin uses the call to prayer to hypnotize a group of apes; He plans to use them in his vengeance plot against the local sheikh by having them kill the sheikh's daughter before his very eyes; Wambi rescues the girl and frees the apes from the muezzin's control. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; Suspecting that a troupe of dancing girls are being kept as slaves, Terry sends Keeto back to the outpost while follows the troupe. Untitled story, art by Howard Larsen; A band of thieving mandrills are plaguing the M'naghlis; Tabu agrees to end their pillaging if the M'naghlis will give up collecting tribute from their neighbors; Bgama, the princess, refuses, but her witch doctor secretly tells Tabu that he will make her give up tribute. "The Beast with a Thousand Teeth" text story. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; Villagers and white hunters pursue a rogue elephant that leads them into Simba's territory; Simba attacks the elephant and wounds it. Untitled story, art by Marcia Snyder; Camilla prevents the assassination of a chief by his witch doctor. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Joe Doolin and Reed Crandall. "Devil Beasts of the Golden Temple," art by Ruben Moreira; Bull Brannigan hopes to drain a lake near the Mgombas village and expose an ancient city that he expects to be full of treasure; Brannigan suspects that Kaänga will interfere with his scheme and attempts to have both Kaänga and Ann sacrificed to the Mgombas' spider-god. Untitled story, inks by Matt Baker; Wambi solves the two-year old murder case of his friend, the snake charmer Rajah Sutah. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; Terry exposes a witch doctor and his accomplice's voodoo tricks. Untitled story, art by Howard Larsen; A woman, using two hunting leopards as enforcers, is kidnapping young men at the end of their manhood rituals and using them as slaves to remove diamonds from the river. "Cross Kaänga's path and ---" text story. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; Simba frees Leo, a circus lion, from his cage and is then mistaken for the circus performer; Leo finds life in the wild far more difficult than he is accustomed to and returns to his owners who let Simba go free. Untitled story, art by Marcia Snyder; A mad scientist is experimenting with Chief T'gani's people, creating man-animal hybrids. Camilla frees his subjects and sees to the destruction of his lab. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Joe Doolin. "What is a Cameleopard?" article. "Satan's Safari," art by Ruben Moreira (as Rubi Moore); A white man-led leopard cult kidnaps Ann for sacrifice. Untitled story, art by Howard Larsen; A girl, raised by wolves, is leading her wolf pack on murderous raids against settlers and villagers; Tabu confronts her and turns her into an oryx that is killed and eaten by the wolves. Unttiled story, art by Richard Case; Simba rescues a baby gazelle from attacks by a leopard and a hawk. Untitled story, art by Marcia Snyder; A white renegade leads a band of slavers who are taking pygmy girls while disguised as gorillas. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Joe Doolin. "The Revenge of the Mozambi Juju" text story. "Dead Who Could Not Sleep?", art by Ruben Moreira; Unscrupulous archaeologists trick the N'ganas into believing that the N'gana gods are alive; Kaänga and N'geeso expose their plans to steal the N'ganas' treasures. Untitled Wambi, The Jungle Boy story; A witch doctor is kidnapping boys from the village and sacrificing them to his snake god. Untitled story, art by Howard Larsen; A witch doctor forces his tribe to attack the pygmies, but Tabu convinces the tribe that the pygmies are protected by the animals of the jungle and to disavow their witch doctor. Untitled Captain Terry Thunder story, art by Richard Case; A white woman, painted gold, uses the natives awe at a "golden woman" to persuade them to capture slaves to work in her mines. Untitled story, pencils by Matt Baker; Mozambas raid the G'hamas and carry the entire village away into slavery; they also capture Fang; Camilla pursues them to their own village where she kills their chief and frees the slaves and Fang. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Joe Doolin. "Chant of the Voodoo Gods" text story. "Brides for the King Beasts," art by Ruben Moreira; The son of the T'lukas banished witch doctor, disguised as his father, demands tribute from the tribe and uses a series of tricks to fool them into thinking he has magic powers; He is exposed by Kaänga. Untitled story, art by Fran Hopper; Camilla is asked by local natives to enter the Valley of the Blue Juju, in order to stop white men from plundering jewels from idols and to stop a murderous beast that roams that area. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; Magna, a beautiful Arab girl, convinces Captain Terry Thunder that she was captured by Arab nomads; With her as a guide, he goes after them with half the outposts forces; Meanwhile, the Arabs, on Magna's signal, attack the outpost. Untitled story; Nyama, believing that his attempted murder of Wambi has been successful, wages war against the Bassingis; But Wambi arrives with an elephant herd and ends the war. Untitled story, art by Howard Larsen; Pygmies engage in a "Trojan horse" deceit using a hollow elephant. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Joe Doolin. "Spawn of the Devil Cult" text story. "Congo Prey," art by Howard Larsen; A group of white hunters and the Wambutas' witch doctor, convince the tribe that their crocodile god demands that they gather rare bird feathers for the hunters; Kaänga exposes their fraud. Untitled Captain Terry Thunder story, art by Fran Hopper; Archaeologists locate an ancient city and the queen of the local village induces her tribe to excavate the ruins in order to collect jewels. Untitled story, art by Alvin Hollingsworth; The Bergdama's queen and witch doctor conspire to sacrifice their king to the fire god and rule the tribe in his place; Wambi prevents their coup and the pair are killed, while fleeing, by crocodiles. Untitled story, art by Howard Larsen; Disgrace witch doctor Natamba hypnotizes warriors of his old villages and Tabu in order to attack those who drove him from his office; A girl gives Tabu berries that break the spell and Tabu ensures Natamba's death. Untitled story, art by Fran Hopper; A jewel thief convinces Camilla that he is a doctor seeking to minister to the M'kilods, when in fact, he is attempting to steal their sacred idol. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Joe Doolin. "Jungle Spell of the Golden Slave" text story. "Blood-Brand of the Veldt Cats," art by Ruben Moreira; A pair of thieves seize a safari and use the bearers as slaves in their mining operation; Kaänga frees the slaves. Untitled story, art by Fran Hopper; Bandits disguise themselves as lancers and implicate Terry in their robberies; He escapes jail and exposes them. Untitled Wambi, The Jungle Boy story; A young white woman, seeking vengeance against the Longos who killed her father, hypnotizes their chief and causes him to behave viciously toward his own people. "The Grinning Face of Death," art by Howard Larsen; Satu disguises himself as the village witch doctor and orders the death of Mahila, who rejected his proposal of marriage, and of Tabu, whom he suspects of being in league of Mahila against him; Tabu rescues Mahila and causes Satu to believe that he is one fire. Untitled story, art by Fran Hopper; M'bata hits upon a scheme for robbing safaris by driving lions toward them and looting them after the members are slain. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.